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Linux Mint 18.3 16.04 install wiki manual or shell script same results

Basically same errors as
viewtopic.php?f=37&t=27113
1.30.4 working fine also 2 versions before 1.31.40~20180329122723

After 2 days trying to install before below release
Now fo the latest 1.31.41~20180414150609-xenial......thanks Iconner

1. Zoneminder error telling me no db connection

2. Ran zmupdate.pl, stopping with error at 1.31.19
telling me zmuser /w pass no rights to access

3. Manually changed Grant All to zmuuser
zmupdate.pl completed, zoneminder running.

4. Monitor not displaying, is recording, cannot view event

If this helps

Jimmy

Hi,
I experience the same situation. Here is what appears is the log:


Date/Time
Component Server PID Level Message File Line
2018-04-15 09:32:14.903754 zmc_m3 3741 INF CENTRALE-3: images:4300 - Capturing at 6.25 fps zm_monitor.cpp 2450
2018-04-15 09:32:04.178475 web_js 2055 ERR getCmdResponse stream error: Socket /var/run/zm/zms-113503s.sock does not exist. This file is created by zms, and since it does not exist, either zms did not run, or zms exited early. Please check your zms logs and ensure that CGI is enabled in apache and check that the PATH_ZMS is set correctly. Make sure that ZM is actually recording. If you are trying to view a live stream and the ca

PATH_ZMS is in a zm config file, 1.31.x was working in a earlier release. I could not find PATH_ZMS in the config menu so I assumed it was coded in rather than editing 1.30.x

Jimmy

PATH_ZMS is now in the /etc/zm config. The structure now is /etc/zm/zm.conf , /etc/zm/conf.d/01-system-paths.conf , /etc/zm/conf.d/02-multiserver.conf and a config file can be added in /etc/zm/conf.d with custom values that will not be over-written during an update....this file is can be called /etc/zm/zmcustom.conf. In this file I for example set the ZM_PATH_ZMS=/cgi-bin/nph-zms